@article{ref1,
title="Is the Blue Whale Game among adolescents just a media hype?",
journal="Indian journal of social psychiatry",
year="2019",
author="Gowda, G.S. and Das, S. and Yadawad, V.S. and Kondapura, M.B. and Chatterjee, S.S. and Hiremath, S. and Math, S.B.",
volume="35",
number="4",
pages="227-230",
abstract="Gaming addiction is an emerging public health concern among adolescents from all over the world. Blue Whale Game is an allegedly reported epidemic which involve self-harm of adolescents. Although there have been reported deaths of teenagers which were allegedly related to Blue Whale challenge game across the globe, there has been no confirmed case/evidence till now. This article throws light on the proposed hypothesis and speculation behind the suicide of teenagers and discusses public health interventions at the individual, family, and state levels. © 2019 Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2454-8316",
doi="10.4103/ijsp.ijsp_96_18",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijsp.ijsp_96_18"
}